Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Saturday, September 7, 2013
How can I get certain domain names to resolve locally using Mac OS X?
By default, all domain names will be looked up via online DNS servers. To resolve locally, we need to override this behavior. We do this by editing our /etc/hosts file. Open it (you'll be prompted for your password). In order to get a certain domain name, say example.com, to resolve locally, add a line that looks like this:
127.0.0.1 examplesite.comThe 127.0.0.1 means localhost. examplesite.com should be replaced with your domain name. Upon saving the document, changes will be made live immediately. There is no need to flush cache or anything of that sort. Happy coding locally!
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About Me
- John Erck
- I code. I figured I should start a blog that keeps track of the many questions and answers that are asked and answered along the way. The name of my blog is "One Q, One A". The name describes the format. When searching for an answer to a problem, I typically have to visit more than one site to get enough information to solve the issue at hand. I always end up on stackoverflow.com, quora.com, random blogs, etc before the answer is obtained. In my blog, each post will consist of one question and one answer. All the noise encountered along the way will be omitted.